Crotalaria.] i-. LEGtjMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 81 



Prodr. 183. C. tomerftoaa, RoUl. in Wall. Cat. 5380. 0. pellita, BeH. ; BC. 

 Prodr. ii. 128 ? 0. Oampbellii, Am. in Wight. Cat. 231G. 



Westebn PeninsuijA, Bottler, Heyne ; interior of Bbnoai,, 'Roxburgh. 



Shrubby, erect, mueb branched. Stems a foot or less high, densely coated, like the 

 leayes, -with thick silky brown hairs. Leaves crowded, subsessile, subobtuse, thick, 

 cuneato at the base, |-1 in. long. Branches densely pubescent, generally short. Bracts 

 not abundant, small, falcate, silky on the back, black and viscous on the face. Calyx 

 ^ in. long ; teeth long, linear, -with reflexed edges. Corolla i in. ; standard pointed,, 

 silky on the back. Fod sessile, as long as the calyx, oblong, densely silky. 



63. C. paniculata, Willd. ; BC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; leaves small oblanceo- 

 late loosely silky, stipules linear, racemes panicled, bracts copious persistent 

 falcate linear-subulate, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla exserted, pod 1-2-seeded 

 scarcely exserted. Moxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 274 ; Wall. Cat. 5379 ; W. f A. Prodr. 

 183. 0. chinensis, Lamh. Bid. ii. 195, not of Linn. Ononis glutinosa, Mart., 

 in Benk. Acad. Mun. vi. 155. 



Caenatic, near Vellore. — Disteib. Java. 



Shrubby, 2-3 feet high, with very numerous stiff ascending branches, clothed with 

 loose brown silky hairs. Leaves 1-1 J in. long, obtuse, loosely silky, cuneate at the base, 

 nearly sessile ; stipules just like the very copious bracts, conspicuous, falcate, with, 

 reflexed glandular margins. Branches short, with a few flowers near the end. Calyx 

 •| in. ; teeth long, silky on the back, lanceolate or linear with recurved viscous edges 

 like the bracts and bracteoles. Corolla ^— | in. ; standard very silky on the back. 

 Pod oblong, sessile, finely silky. 



Git0T7P 8. Trifoliolatae DlspermaB. Leaves 3-foliolate. Pod ob- 

 liquely subglobose, small, sessile, 2-seeded. Perennial herbs or undershrubs. 

 Cyitolobus, R. Br. 



63. C. medica^inea, Lamk. Diet. ii. 201 ; berbaceous, branches slender 

 diffuse thinly clothed with adpressed silky hairs, petiole shorter than the smaE 

 oblanceolate leaflets, racemes 2-6-flowered, corolla twice the calyx. W. 8f A. 

 Prodr. 192 ; Benth. in Hook. Land. Jorwm. ii. 577 ; Thwaites Enum. 82 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, ii. 26. 0. procnmbens, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Lid. iii. 278, et 

 Weill. Cat. 5437, in part. 0. foliosa, Willd.; BC. Prodr. ii. 131. 0. divaricata, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5436. 0. virgata, MaH. ; BC. Prodr. ii. 131. Indigofera 

 capitata, Ctrah. in Wall. Cat. 5490. 



Tropical region, from the West Himaiatas to Cetlon and BmMA, ascending to 

 6000 ft. in Kashmir. — Disteib. Malay isles, Afghanistan, China and Australia. 



A AiSase perennial, with slender much-branched stems, ^1 ft. long, thinly silky 

 upwards. Stipules setaceous, very minute, deciduous ; leaflets j— 4 in. long, retnse 

 emarginate, glabrous above, obscurely silky below. Racemes copious, terminal and 

 leaf-opposed ; peduncles exceeding the leaves ; bracts minute, linear. Calyx thinly 

 silky, campanulate, ^ in. deep ; teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Corolla yellow. Pod 

 ^ in. long, glabrescent. 



Vae. 1. hemiarioides ; stems prostrate very slender, leaflets very small nearly 

 or quite as broad as long, peduncles short 1-3-flowered. C. hemiarioides, W. ^- A. 

 Prodr. 192. 



Vab. 2. neglecta ; branches more robust and more ascending than in the type, 

 racemes 6-9-flowered, leaflets rather larger. C. neglecta, W. ^ A. Prodr, 192. C. 

 procumbens, Roxb. ^ Wall, ex parte. 



Vae. 3. luxurians ; stems much stronger, 2-3 ft. high, petioles reaching J in. 

 long, terminal leaflet |-1 in., racemes 6-12-flowered. C. luxurians, Benth. in HooJc. 

 Land. Jov/m. ii. 678. C. medicaginea, JSamilt. in Wall. Cat. 5434. 



64. C. WUldenoviana, BC. Prodr. ii. 134 ; herbaceous or sufifruticose, 

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